Could vouchers improve integration?

1:11 PM,
Oct. 7, 2013

Mike Hasten

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Mike Hasten
Louisiana Gannett

A recent report runs contrary to a federal government lawsuit that alleges Louisiana's voucher program interferes with court-ordered school integration plans.

The report by two Arkansas doctoral candidates also raises eyebrows of many who are involved in the debate over the value of vouchers.

The Education Next study says that in the school systems included in its survey, allowing students to leave schools rated C, D and F and paying for them to attend private schools in some cases improved the racial balance in the schools they left behind, as well as that of the schools they entered. ...